146 
THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ October, 
fine variety of tlie aristata type. It lias short, 
recurved leaves, prettily ciliated at tlie edge, 
awn-tipped, and growing in whorls of four. The 
flowers are developed in the axils of the upper 
leaves and form a terminal cluster, the pedicels 
having bracts approximate to the calyx; they 
have a ventricosely tubular corolla over an 
inch long, and of a bright glossy crimson, con¬ 
tracted at the mouth, where there is a ring of 
black, and terminating in a broad spreading 
limb of four rounded white segments, showing 
a cross of dull crimson in the throat. The 
flowers grow in clusters of six or eight to¬ 
gether, and the variety is altogether one of 
very great beauty and merit. 
Fig. 2. Turnbullii superba. —This has a 
more slender appearance than the last, from the 
leaves being erect; they grow three or four in 
a whorl, and are awned and marginate, with the 
margin gland-fringed. The flowers grow six or 
eight together in a kind of umbel, the pedicels 
having bracts remote from the calyx; they are 
an inch long, with a rosy-red ventricose tube, a 
black contracted mouth, and a spreading limb 
of four rounded white segments, showing a deep 
red throat. A distinct and handsome variety. 
Fig. 3. Dr. Masters.— This is a remarkably 
showy hybrid of the Shannoni type, raised 
from Erica Shannoni , crossed by E. retorta. 
It has large, spreading, sparse, marginate, 
ciliated awned leaves, growing four in a whorl, 
and bold terminal massive umbels of flowers, 
having the ciliated bracts of the pedicels re¬ 
mote from the calyx; the corolla is flask¬ 
shaped, very much contracted at the neck, 
which has a crimson band or ring, the ovate 
spreading limb segments being white, and some¬ 
what reflexed, the throat crimson, and the 
tube white. It is a very fine addition to the 
light-coloured tubular-flowered Heaths. 
Fig. 4. Savileana botiiwelliana.— This 
is a very greatly improved form of the old 
Erica Savileana, having much larger and more 
numerous flowers. The leaves are slender, 
linear, spreading, ciliated, with longisli hairs, 
and with a tuft of similar hairs at the apex, and 
grow four in a whorl. The flowers are pitcher¬ 
shaped, of a delicate rosy pink, three-eighths 
of an inch long, with a contracted throat, and 
small spreading four-lobed limb. The bracts 
of the hairy pedicels are remote from the 
calyx. It is a distinct and attractive Heath, 
flowering in large bouquets, and of a very 
pleasing soft rose-colour. 
Fig. 5. Ferruginea bothwelliana. This 
is a seedling from Erica ferruginea, crossed by 
E. Massoni. It is a very handsome, compact¬ 
growing hybrid, having the branches densely 
clothed with spreading, ciliate leaves, the 
crowded position of the leaves, and the long, 
twisted hairs of the margin, giving the branches 
a cylindrical form and a woolly appearance, as 
in E. Massoni. The flowers form a dense, 
terminal tuft, and are about five-eighths of an 
inch long, tubular, and slightly ventricose, 
of a bright rosy tint of red, and with a viscid 
surface, the limb of four rounded lobes encir¬ 
cling the deep-red throat. It is a charming 
Heath, and a great advance upon the typical 
E. ferruginea. 
Fig. 6. Shannoni bothwelliana. —This is 
one of the finest tubular white Heaths in 
cultivation. It is the result of a cross between 
Erica Shannoni and E. jasminifora alba , the 
former being the seed parent. The leaves grow 
in whorls of three, and are large, sparse, and 
half-spreading, gradually tapered to a point, 
and finely ciliated. The flowers grow in a large 
terminal cluster or umbel, and have hairy pedi¬ 
cels ; the corollas are flask-shaped, pure white, 
with a green contracted neck, and large spread¬ 
ing limb of four ovate pure white lobes. A 
fine and well marked exhibition Heath. 
The varied and beautiful varieties here 
figured, though they represent but a tithe of 
the variety and beauty to be found in the 
Heath family, afford quite sufficient evidence 
of the great value of these comparatively 
neglected plants, both for decorative and ex¬ 
hibition purposes.—T. Moore. 
ARCHDEACON LEA’S FRUIT- 
TREES. 
f O-DAY (September 15th), I have been 
to see the last of Archdeacon Lea’s 
Plums. The crop this year in every 
way supports what I have stated more than 
once regarding the culture which these pro¬ 
ductive trees receive from their worthy owner. 
They have all been restricted at their roots, 
but mulched and surface-dressed with care and 
a liberal hand. Inducing the roots to grow 
upwards is, I think, a fertile cause of success ; 
the “leave alone” system or “unassisted” 
natural plan evidently has no chance with 
trees which have been skilfully handled, or 
why should these trees bear abundantly every 
year, and the fruit realise the best prices going, 
